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  1. Re:PCB file on Aussie Company Releases Xbox Mod-Chip Designs · · Score: 2, Interesting
    The files are for Protel 99SE, and will also load in the latest Protel product, Protel DXP. This is appropriate as Protel is made by Altium, an Australian company. Their products kick ass - go buy some.

    To the guy who wants to see them on Linux ... good luck. Do you know any decent (ie usable) Linux PCB editing software? If so please post details!

  2. Re:It is not censorship, at least not now. on Dismal Failure of Internet Filters In Australia · · Score: 1
    There is some censorship now. The way it works is:

    1. People complain about a site (say nakedtits.com) to some body or other.

    2. Someone investigates nakedtits.com to see if it is breaching the "rules"

    3. nakedtits.com gets added to a list and filtered by all ISPs

    At least thats the way I think it works. The "problem" with it is that very, very few people complain about any sites, so nothing gets listed.

    Every now and the ABA (australian broadcasting authority) reports how many sites have been blacklisted. It was never very many, and they were very coy about what their figures meant. E.g. they simply said "x sites were blacklisted" but they really meant pages and/or news posts, so it was misleading.

    This is all off the top of my head and could be wrong.

  3. Re:Nothing's so good... on MS Youth-Culture App Gets Gushy Advance Reviews · · Score: 1
    The requirement for WinXPSP1 is pure marketing, I'm pretty sure that there is no technical barrier running the program on Win2K

    I wouldn't be too sure about this. MS made new api calls available in xp, and probably in sp1 as well.

  4. Re:Ya know on Why Users Hate IT Products and Developers · · Score: 1

    Thanks Elbonian 1 Seriously though, this problem has two causes: 1. Stuck up "I write kernel code so why should I have to develop understandable GUIs" types 2. Users getting familiar with one version and, when the next version comes along, expecting to be productive immediately. There is always a learning curve, problem is that after its been learnt you tend to forget it took some time to learn (clear as mud eh?).